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Experience Sociology makes the familiar new. Using a unique, contemporary framework of culture-structure-power, students learn to apply sociological concepts through familiar lenses. Paired with a proven, personal, and adaptive learning experience, students move beyond memorization of topics to develop their sociological imagination.

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Part 1: The Sociological Perspective

Chapter 1: Sociology in a Changing World

Chapter 2: Understanding the Research Process

Part 2: Sociology’s Core Concepts: Tools for Analysis and Understanding

Chapter 3: Culture

Chapter 4: Social Structure

Chapter 5: Power

Part 3: The Social Self

Chapter 6: Socialization

Chapter 7: Interaction, Groups, and Organizations

Chapter 8: Deviance and Social Control

Part 4: Identity and Inequality

Chapter 9: Class and Global Inequality

Chapter 10: Race and Ethnicity

Chapter 11: Gender and Sexuality

Part 5: Social Institutions and Social Issues

Chapter 12: Family and Religion

Chapter 13: Education and Work

Chapter 14: Media and Consumption

Chapter 15: Communities, the Environment, and Health

Chapter 16: Politics and the Economy

Chapter 17: Social Change: Globalization, Population and Social Movements